SOLDIERING IN CANADA: Recollections and Experiences by DENISON, George T., Lt.-Col - 1900

Toronto: Morang. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author; Octavo, red pictorial cloth stamped in black, gilt lettered, top edge gilt. pp (xii), 364 + frontispiece portrait with tissue guard + 6 plates and one map. Very light spine darkened, light yellowing to endpapers, else a VG+ clean, bright and tight copy. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "Captain Harold Bickford with the compliments of the author, 3rd June, 1906". "George Taylor Denison (3rd), lawyer, magistrate, soldier, author).... The descendant of Loyalists, he enjoyed an international reputation as a military historian and analyst, foreseeing the tactical advantages of rapidly deployed mobilized infantry in modern warfare. As Toronto's senior police magistrate 1877-1921, he meted out justice in such a colourful fashion that his court became a tourist attraction. Commanding the Governor General's Body Guard, a cavalry troop established and supported by his family, he saw action in the 1866 Fenian raid and during the 1885 North-West Rebellion. Denison was an active supporter of the Confederacy's operations in Canada during the American Civil War. Afterward, he was a founder of the Canada First movement (1868) and the Canadian National Association, a short-lived political organization (1874). " - David P. Gagan, in The Canadian Encyclopedia. Chapters on the Canadian militia, War of 1812, 1837 Rebellions, Recollections of Confederate Officers, Fenian Raids, his important books on cavalry, the Sudan expedition, the battle of Batoche, General Middleton, and more. Uncommon book. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra shipping may be required. 23.17.6; Signed by Author .